Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOP&NG) is a ministry of the government of India responsible for the exploration, production, refining, distribution, marketing, import, export, and conservation of petroleum, natural gas, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas in the country. The ministry is headed by the Cabinet Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. M. M. Kutty is the Secretary of the Ministry.[2] Dharmedndra Pradhan serving as the minister from 26 May 2014 to 7 July 2021 is the longest serving minister till date.

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
Annual budget₹41,008 crore (US$5.1 billion) (2023-24 est.) [1]
Agency executives
Websitemopng.gov.in/en

Areas of work
Office of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Shastri Bhwan
  • Exploration and exploitation of petroleum resources, including natural gas.
  • Production, supply distribution, marketing and pricing of petroleum including natural gas and petroleum products.
  • Oil refineries, including Lube plants.
  • Additives for petroleum and petroleum products.
  • Lube blending and greases.
  • Planning, development and control of, and assistance to all industries dealt with by the Ministry.
  • All attached or subordinate offices or other organisations concerned with any of the subject specified in this list.
  • Planning, development and regulation of oilfield services.
  • Public sector projects falling under the subjects included in this list,
  • Engineers India limited and IBP Company. together with its subsidiaries, except such projects as are specifically allotted to any other Ministry/Dept,
  • Administration of various Central laws relating to Petroleum and Natural Gas

List of ministers
# Portrait Name Term of office Prime Minister Party
1 Humayun Kabir 21 November 1963 24 January 1966 2 years, 64 days Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri		 Indian National Congress
2 O. V. Alagesan
(Independent Charge)		 24 January 1966 13 March 1967 1 year, 48 days Indira Gandhi
3 Asoka Mehta 13 March 1967 22 August 1968 1 year, 162 days
4 Kotha Raghuramaiah
(Independent Charge)		 22 August 1968 14 February 1969 176 days
5 Triguna Sen 14 February 1969 18 March 1971 2 years, 32 days
6 Dajisaheb Chavan
(Independent Charge)		 18 March 1971 2 May 1971 45 days
7 Prakash Chandra Sethi 2 May 1971 29 January 1972 272 days
8 H. R. Gokhale 29 January 1972 5 February 1973 1 year, 7 days
9 D. K. Barooah 5 February 1973 10 October 1974 1 year, 247 days
10 Keshav Dev Malviya 10 October 1974 24 March 1977 2 years, 165 days
11 Morarji Desai 26 March 1977 29 March 1977 3 days Morarji Desai Janata Party
12 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna 29 March 1977 15 July 1979 2 years, 108 days
13 Ravindra Varma 15 July 1979 28 July 1979 13 days
14 T. A. Pai 28 July 1979 18 August 1979 21 days Charan Singh Janata Party (Secular)
15 Aravinda Bala Pajanor 19 August 1979 23 December 1979 126 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
16 Charan Singh 23 December 1979 27 December 1979 4 days Janata Party (Secular)
17 S. N. Kacker 27 December 1979 14 January 1980 18 days
18 Indira Gandhi 14 January 1980 16 January 1980 2 days Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress
(7) Prakash Chandra Sethi 16 January 1980 15 January 1982 1 year, 364 days
19 P. Shiv Shankar 15 January 1982 31 December 1984 2 years, 351 days Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
20 Nawal Kishore Sharma
(Independent Charge)		 31 December 1984 20 January 1986 1 year, 20 days Rajiv Gandhi
21 Chandrashekhar Singh
(Independent Charge)		 20 January 1986 9 July 1986 170 days
22 N. D. Tiwari 9 July 1986 22 October 1986 105 days
23 Brahm Dutt
(Independent Charge)		 22 October 1986 2 December 1989 3 years, 41 days
24 Vishwanath Pratap Singh 2 December 1989 6 December 1989 4 days V. P. Singh Janata Dal
25 M. S. Gurupadaswamy 6 December 1989 10 November 1990 339 days
26 Chandra Shekhar 10 November 1990 21 November 1990 11 days Chandra Shekhar Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
27 Satya Prakash Malaviya 21 November 1990 21 June 1991 212 days
28 B. Shankaranand 21 June 1991 18 January 1993 1 year, 211 days P. V. Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress
29 Satish Sharma
(Independent Charge)		 18 January 1993 16 May 1996 3 years, 119 days
30 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 16 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party
31 H. D. Deve Gowda 1 June 1996 21 April 1997 324 days H. D. Deve Gowda Janata Dal
32 Inder Kumar Gujral 21 April 1997 9 June 1997 49 days Inder Kumar Gujral
33 Janeshwar Mishra 9 June 1997 19 March 1998 283 days Samajwadi Party
34 Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy 19 March 1998 13 October 1999 1 year, 208 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress
35 Ram Naik 13 October 1999 22 May 2004 4 years, 222 days Bharatiya Janata Party
36 Mani Shankar Aiyar 22 May 2004 29 January 2006 1 year, 252 days Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress
37 Murli Deora 29 January 2006 19 January 2011 4 years, 355 days
38 Jaipal Reddy 19 January 2011 28 October 2012 1 year, 283 days
39 Veerappa Moily 28 October 2012 26 May 2014 1 year, 210 days
40 Dharmendra Pradhan
(Independent Charge till 3-Sep-2017)		 26 May 2014 7 July 2021 7 years, 42 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
41 Hardeep Singh Puri 7 July 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 113 days

List of ministers of state
Ministers of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister of State Political party Term Days
Dinsha Patel Indian National Congress 2006 2009
Jitin Prasada 26 May 2009 18 Jan 2011 602 days
Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh 19 Jan 2011 28 Oct 2012 648 days
Panabaka Lakshmi 28 Oct 2012 17 May 2014 566 days
Rameswar Teli Bharatiya Janata Party 7 July 2021 Incumbent 843 days

Public sector undertakings

The ministry has ownership over these public sector undertakings (PSUs) of the government of India.

Research institutes

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology
Main article: Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

RGIPT is a training and education institute that gives technical and management training to the petroleum industry and was formally opened in July 2008. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOP&NG), Government of India founded the institute through an Act of Parliament ("Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Act 2007").[4]

Campuses
  • Jais Campus: Started academic sessions in June 2008 at a temporary campus at Rae Bareli. On 15 October 2016, the institute moved from temporary campus to the permanent campus at Jais.[5]
  • Noida Campus: Besides main center at Jais, Amethi, the RGIPT also have this campus for MBA and related courses.
  • Assam Campus: New campus is under construction at Sivasagar, Assam. In consonance with the charter of RGIPT, the primary objective of the Assam Center of RGIPT is envisaged to offer programmes of education and training of skilled technical manpower at the diploma and advance diploma levels including B.Sc. - M.Sc. integrated courses in various areas in the domain of the petroleum sector as per requirements of the oil, gas and petrochemical industry.[6][7] On 13 May 2017, Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan jointly launched the full swing construction work of second campus at Sivasagar, Assam.[8]
  • Bangalore Campus: In July 2013, Karnataka government agreed to offer 200 acres of land to set up the Bangalore centre which is going to be the Asia's first centre on fire and safety for oil and gas sector.[9] The institute will start functioning from 2018-19 academic year and it is purely for research in energy policy and science and technology as it is related to petroleum and energy. The institute coming up will cost Rs.1,000 crore.[10]

Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy
Main article: Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy

Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE), Visakhapatnam, a domain-specific Institute at par with IITs and IIMs, is established by the Government of India under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) in the year 2016. The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act, 2017 (No.3 of 2018) enacted by the Parliament and declared the Institute as an 'Institution of National Importance'. IIPE has achieved this prestigious status by joining with the major oil and gas corporations such as HPCL, IOCL, ONGC, OIL & GAIL.

IIPE is a research focussed Institute with an emphasis on the emerging areas in the energy sectors, namely Shale Gas, Coal Bed Methane, Gas Hydrates, Conventional Energy Sources, Renewable Energy Sources, Storage, and downstream activities of oil & gas. A primary goal of research at IIPE has been to meet the country's fossil fuel and renewable energy demands.

The Institute presently offers 4-year B.Tech courses in Petroleum, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering based on JEE (Advanced) rankings and MSc Applied Geology and Ph.D. programmes. The Institute is presently operating its academic activities from its temporary campus. The Institute has its own state-of-the-art laboratories, research infrastructure, e-library, etc. The permanent campus of IIPE is being constructed in the beautiful and natural environment of hilly ranges in the Anakapalli district in Andhra Pradesh.

See also

References
  1. "Union Budget 2020-21 Analysis" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2020.
  2. "Dr M M Kutty appointed as new Petroleum Secretary". 19 May 2018 – via National Political Mirror.
  3. Mehdudia, Sujay (28 July 2013). "HPCL slams door on Iran for crude oil imports". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  4. "Sonia to lay foundation for Rajiv Gandhi Petroleum Institute in Rae Bareli - TopNews". www.topnews.in.
  5. "Pradhan takes jibe at Rahul over kurta-pajama remark - Times of India". The Times of India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  6. ":: Welcome to Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology ::". rgipt.ac.in. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  7. "Centre committed to development of Assam, northeast: Manmohan - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  8. "'Bhumi pujan' for multi-specialty hospital in Assam". news.webindia123.com.
  9. "RGIPT to set up Rs 355 crore research centre in Bangalore | Business Standard News". Business Standard India. business-standard.com. Press Trust of India. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  10. "Soon, Karnataka to get petroleum research institute".
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